https://drudge.com/user/BellRinger New links and comments. en-us http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Wordzilla/0.58 10 https://drudge.com/news/294966/truth-garlands-school-board-memo https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6144295-parents-school-board-federal-response/ Five years ago, parents across the country were angry and frustrated. Schools had remained closed or offered only limited in-person instruction long after evidence of the damage to children was impossible to ignore. Mask mandates dragged on. Parents were discovering that schools had embraced radical ideas about race and gender that would have been unthinkable just a few years earlier. So they did what Americans are supposed to do in a representative democracy. They showed up at public meetings, stood at the podium, asked questions, demanded answers and challenged policies they believed were harming children. Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:18:51 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294966/truth-garlands-school-board-memo#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294966 discussion, 0.5 daily 294966 https://drudge.com/news/294913/mamdanis-moral-obscenity https://archive.is/v0vTJ Zohran Mamdani, New York City's mayor, set off a firestorm of criticism Wednesday morning with a social media post ostensibly intended to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of Israelis. It devoted a brief paragraph to condemning Hamas and commiserating with its victims. The rest was a much longer denunciation of Israel's "ongoing genocide in Gaza," a "world in which occupation and apartheid continue" and a situation in which "our federal government continues its complicity with every arms shipment." In response, Ammiel Hirsch, the president of the New York Board of Rabbis, said the statement was "so offensive to so many Jews that it is hard to describe how offensive it is." In fact, it's a moral obscenity. Let me count the ways. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:28:32 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294913/mamdanis-moral-obscenity#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294913 discussion, 0.5 daily 294913 https://drudge.com/news/294874/dumb-trump https://josephklein.substack.com/p/dumb-as-trump ... It is hard -- no, it's impossible --to remember a President who has done more to hurt his own party than Donald Trump. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:gkgmduxh722ocstroyi75gbg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxfa7a46vb2j" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidhkrlrr65rjinv22k2obcsol6g6hqzvb5juaoclyzdezd7h3jjay" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="">What is the #CostOfTrumpsCorruption for you? Your healthcare Your groceries Your gas Your utilities Your housing Your joy of living Your livelihood Your sanity Your life Are you willing to keep paying so Trump can keep paying billionaires, or are you ready to start healing? You decide in 26 Days.</p> -- Morgan J Freeman (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gkgmduxh722ocstroyi75gbg?ref_src=embed">@mjfree.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:gkgmduxh722ocstroyi75gbg/post/3mxfa7a46vb2j?ref_src=embed">3:50 PM &Acirc;&middot; Oct 8, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:32:09 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294874/dumb-trump#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294874 news, 0.5 daily 294874 https://drudge.com/news/294848/cornell-letitia-james-and-new-yorks-ethics https://www.wsj.com/opinion/cornell-letitia-james-and-the-new-york-ethics-code-c4f21354?st=mfbZM1 Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she was appointing Letitia James as a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu777ukmk2v" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreialedxowlakezszwfsw7ir7clwkxyk5joci7gmtovgjk3eci4u3ee" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">NEW: Governor Kathy Hochul has named Letitia James special prosecutor to investigate the Cornell rapers. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/n ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/post/3mwu777ukmk2v?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Allison Gill (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g?ref_src=embed">@muellershewrote.com</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4g4laxkmsrczwvnvbbgsm7g/post/3mwu777ukmk2v?ref_src=embed">9:17 PM &Acirc;&middot; Oct 1, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:31:03 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294848/cornell-letitia-james-and-new-yorks-ethics#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294848 news, 0.5 daily 294848 https://drudge.com/news/294841/correctly-understanding-stupidity https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2026/10/06/correctly_understanding_the_stupidity_of_the_left_154566.html A long list of prominent conservatives have referred to leftists and Democrats as dumb, stupid, incompetent, crazy, and insane. In 2007, Ann Coulter wrote the book "If Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans." Both Rush Limbaugh and President Trump regularly referred to Democrats as "Dumbocrats." More recently, the leader of the House Freedom Caucus called Democrats "the crazy party," and JD Vance framed the contrast between the parties as "common sense vs. crazy." Matt Margolis titled a piece in PJ Media this year "Democrats Are Too Stupid to Heed This Warning," and posited that somewhere between the 1990s and today, the Democratic Party lost its mind. Some of this stuff gets a chuckle, but conservatives need to be careful with this narrative. Conservatives need to understand that this tactic can not only contradict the more serious messages they're trying to convey about leftist policies, it can also remove responsibility from leftists for their malevolence Tue, 06 Oct 2026 10:59:06 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294841/correctly-understanding-stupidity#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294841 discussion, 0.5 daily 294841 https://drudge.com/news/294821/reflections-riots-france https://danielclarkeserret.substack.com/p/reflections-on-the-riots-in-france Imagine starting a fire and then standing by and filming with your mobile phone while a firefighter is engulfed in flames. That is one of the scenes emerging from France's latest wave of unrest. Elsewhere, rioters have doused a teacher in petrol, looted businesses, and set vehicles and schools on fire. The fact that many of the rioters are looting while waving Algerian and Palestinian flags is just a symptom of a much larger, unspoken failure. The ostensible grievance is the condition of French education. The proposed remedy, apparently, is fewer teachers and more ashes. Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:12:13 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294821/reflections-riots-france#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294821 discussion, 0.5 daily 294821 https://drudge.com/news/294798/blue-states-chase-away-their https://www.wsj.com/opinion/when-blue-states-chase-away-their-billionaires-d7a65d7b?st=CSrpo6 An editorial in the Chicago Tribune laments what might have been had "Kenneth C. Griffin not become so frustrated with the state of Illinois as to move himself and much of the financial company he founded, Citadel, to Miami." The Tribune is responding to the news that Mr. Griffin is moving a whole lot more to Florida after departing the expensive dysfunction of Illinois governance. Sat, 03 Oct 2026 14:24:25 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294798/blue-states-chase-away-their#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294798 discussion, 0.5 daily 294798 https://drudge.com/news/294763/nikole-hannah-jones-just-ran-head-first-into https://thehill.com/opinion/education/6118105-nikole-hannah-jones-just-ran-head-first-into-the-great-dumbing-down/?tbref=hp "In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own?" tells the story of Hannah-Jones' shock at learning her then-eighth-grade daughter, Najya -- who had been earning A's in honors math -- had failed the state algebra exam. <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:tb2bwzxom5qv4542ru3zqcgu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwr7cma3ns25" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreihzbme6jgsod6hyfx3lvgxio7gzximr2s2hqwdqs2jaqkd7smz5ym" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Enjoyed Corey Robin&#x27;s essay &quot;On Nikole Hannah-Jones&quot; coreyrobin675129.substack.com/p/on-nikole- ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tb2bwzxom5qv4542ru3zqcgu/post/3mwr7cma3ns25?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Jake Grumbach (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tb2bwzxom5qv4542ru3zqcgu?ref_src=embed">@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tb2bwzxom5qv4542ru3zqcgu/post/3mwr7cma3ns25?ref_src=embed">4:40 PM &Acirc;&middot; Sep 30, 2026</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:31:47 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294763/nikole-hannah-jones-just-ran-head-first-into#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294763 news, 0.5 daily 294763 https://drudge.com/news/294740/immigration-enforcement-without-melodrama https://mag.commonplace.org/p/mark-krikorian-immigration-enforcement It turns out President Trump's promised "mass deportations" won't require dragnets and cattle cars after all. This summer ICE racked up the largest numbers of arrests of illegal aliens ever recorded, with more on the way. And all without the theatrics that culminated in the shooting of two Americans by DHS officers in Minneapolis. The intentionally provocative approach of ousted DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and her field commander, Border Patrol agent Greg Bovino, was thrilling for the more excitable elements on both the Right and the Left. One side wanted revenge for Biden's and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas's truly lawless and harmful border policies, while the anti-borders side was practically giddy with euphoria at having their fantasies of impending fascism seemingly confirmed. Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:21:49 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294740/immigration-enforcement-without-melodrama#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294740 discussion, 0.5 daily 294740 https://drudge.com/news/294419/5-years-after-botched-afghanistan https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/08/26/wsj_opinion_doc_the_path_to_zero_--_americas_disastrous_withdrawal_from_afghanistan.html It recounts a chain of strategic and political decisions in August 2021 that culminated in the shocking scenes the world witnessed at Kabul Airport ... <blockquote class="bluesky-embed" data-bluesky-uri="at://did:plc:lzfzawdilrmsfikvr4c6ytk4/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6mlph5y4k2r" data-bluesky-cid="bafyreidwwzsrxkzvijsggl3jjcpkbpsrc2texa7qvgxijeuybgn5e5m6aa" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode="system"><p lang="en">Reminder: Timeline of U.S. Withdrawal from Afghanistan &quot;Trump administration in Feb 2020 negotiated a withdrawal agreement with Taliban..set a date of May 1, 2021 for withdrawal..President Biden delayed the withdrawal date..until Aug 2021&quot; www.factcheck.org/2021/08/time ... <br><br><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lzfzawdilrmsfikvr4c6ytk4/post/3m6mlph5y4k2r?ref_src=embed">[image or embed]</a></p> -- Timothy McBride (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lzfzawdilrmsfikvr4c6ytk4?ref_src=embed">@mcbridetd.bsky.social</a>) <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lzfzawdilrmsfikvr4c6ytk4/post/3m6mlph5y4k2r?ref_src=embed">9:34 AM &Acirc;&middot; Nov 27, 2025</a></blockquote><script async src="https://embed.bsky.app/static/embed.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:31:39 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294419/5-years-after-botched-afghanistan#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294419 news, 0.5 daily 294419 https://drudge.com/news/294307/end-near-american-bar https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/the-end-is-near-for-the-american-bar-association-61e88382-6ec2-49fa-a6e0-44ea3b0d0f7b When the history of the American Bar Association's downfall is written, one theme will recur: it didn't have to end this way. By the 1960s, nearly half of the lawyers in the United States were members of the ABA. Congress, Presidents, and the courts consulted the ABA closely as a trusted advisor on all legal matters. Yet, tragically, that trust was squandered when the ABA was captured by the left. Instead of serving as a trade group for lawyers, the ABA became just another left-wing advocacy group. As membership declined, the ABA could have arrested its progressive lurch, but instead accelerated in the wrong direction. The group took liberal positions on abortion, affirmative action, national security, and other controversial issues that had nothing to do with the legal profession ... Thu, 03 Sep 2026 14:20:22 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294307/end-near-american-bar#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294307 discussion, 0.5 daily 294307 https://drudge.com/news/294279/i-reject-dems-sympathy-no-way-you-guys https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/09/01/father_of_girl_left_disabled_by_illegal_immigrant_rips_democrats_theres_no_way_you_guys_are_sorry.html Marcus Coleman, the father of a California girl permanently disabled by an illegal immigrant, blasts sanctuary city policies at a Congressional hearing on Tuesday. Coleman's daughter, Dalilah, suffered a fractured skull, broken femur, and traumatic brain injury in the 2024 California crash after an 18-wheeler driven by an illegal immigrant crashed into the vehicle she was in. At a House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing, Coleman told Democratic members of Congress that he "rejects their sympathy." Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:35:32 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294279/i-reject-dems-sympathy-no-way-you-guys#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294279 discussion, 0.5 daily 294279 https://drudge.com/news/294254/whistleblower-alleges-letitia-james-abused https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/whistleblower-alleges-letitia-james-abused-011907698.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJy5nY6dlW7ZSGgoQfW0dmTgJNTDoIBfR4wxbwH9572ZcXRLah0-DCS98brcfpJKOfj_WWzTYafYBciFOlZxapG4MpVtIPTWQsV6Bpob9TJCG7DEku-ZP7vhkfnsTlMhl1Wl1gDUKKkSr_GACfkJ2_E3i9y9YEh-9MSZLBsjRS7U A senior prosecutor in New York Attorney General Letitia James' office has accused his superiors of wasting taxpayer money by targeting President Donald Trump and his allies without legitimate investigative grounds, according to the New York Post. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Wiesenfeld made the allegations in a weekend email sent to roughly 2,000 employees in James' office, arguing that its resources were being used to pursue "convenient public enemies" instead of crimes affecting New Yorkers. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:59:39 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294254/whistleblower-alleges-letitia-james-abused#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294254 discussion, 0.5 daily 294254 https://drudge.com/news/294253/political-violence-double-standard https://www.city-journal.org/article/political-violence-right-left?skip=1 When a leftist turns violent, Democratic politicians and their media allies offer a familiar response: yes, this is terrible, but right-wing violence is the greater threat. They have made that claim for decades, and it has always rested on a dubious premise. The premise depends on statistics compiled by advocacy groups that exclude a vast catalog of left-wing violence"from the George Floyd riots to murders committed by pro-Palestinian activists and attacks on synagogues, Catholic churches, Tesla dealerships, and ICE facilities. Meanwhile, conservatives are routinely held responsible for the actions of violent loners, drug dealers, and conspiracy theorists with no coherent political program. Deranged anti-Semites, racists, incels, and antigovernment extremists get classified as right-wing, even when their targets span both parties. Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:57:28 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294253/political-violence-double-standard#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294253 discussion, 0.5 daily 294253 https://drudge.com/news/294100/harp-loyal-aide-not-scandal-get https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2026/08/25/trump-natalie-harp-obsession-media/91442712007/ Natalie Harp has been in the news so much that I assumed she must have committed a crime, done something unethical or botched her job as one of President Donald Trump's aides so badly that he fired her. I'm as disappointed as you are to learn none of the above is true (at least not yet). Nevertheless, Harp has dominated news coverage Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:15:41 -0400 BellRinger https://drudge.com/news/294100/harp-loyal-aide-not-scandal-get#discuss tag:drudge.com,2005:weblog.294100 discussion, 0.5 daily 294100